I Love Kanji闇 (yami)
闇 (やみ, yami) is a Japanese noun meaning “darkness; the dark”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- やみ
- Romaji
- yami
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- darkness; the dark · noun, noun taking の
- bewilderment; despair; hopelessness · noun
- hidden place; secrecy; oblivion · noun
- black market; shady trading; underhand transactions; illegal channels · noun, noun taking の
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 闇
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 闇.
Source: JMdict entry 1154910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.